Bicycle-saddle



(No Model.)

A. L. GARPORD.

BICYCLE SADDLE.

No. 523,115. Patented July 17, 1894.

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UNITED STAT ARTHUR L. GARFORD, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

BICYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 523,115, dated July 17,1894,

Application filed July 5,1892. Seria1N0-438,951. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. GARFORD, acitizen of theUnited States, residing at Elyria, 1n the county of Lorainand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBicycle Saddles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use thesame.

The objects of my invention are to provide novel mechanism for changingthe tilt or inchnation of the seat; to provide novel mechanism fortaking up the slack of the saddle leather; and to otherwise improve andsimplify the construction of bicycle saddles, in the manner hereinafterdescribed;all of which will be definitely pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved velocipedesaddle; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. In both of these twofigures the leather is shown by dotted lines. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are viewsrespectively of the clips which are employed in the construction of thesaddles as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In my improved saddle, as shown in the drawings, the cantle and rearseat supports are constructed of a single metallic strip A. This stripis bent at its middle substantially as shown to form the cantle a of thesaddle; and the two legs a a of the strip are bent toward and parallelto each other and form the supports for the rear part of the seatleather. The support for the forward end of the saddle is a coil springB, the ends of which sit into sockets c in the clip 0. This clip isprovided with an ear 0 which lies between the forward ends of the rearsaddle supports a a. Abolt 0 passes through slots a in both legs a a andthrough the interposed ear 0', whereby the clip is secured to said legs.The slack of the saddle leather may be taken up by moving this bolt insaid slots; or the leather may be tightened or loosened as desired byturning the clip 0 on the bolt 0 as a pivot. By screwing up the nut onbolt 0 the clip 0 is rigidly fixed to the legs a a. The pivotal movementof the clip 0 not only tightens or loosens the leather but it alsoraises or lowers the upper end of the front spring support B, and

thereby, to a greater or less extent, changes the inclination of thesaddle leather by raising or lowering its front end.

The seat above described may be secured either directly to the saddlepost or to an intermediate spring, as for example the U- shaped springD, by means of a suitable clip. In Fig. 3 a clip is shown by means ofwhich the seat may be secured directly to the saddle post. In Fig. 4 aclip is shown by means of which the saddle may be secured to the springD. Both clips have this common feature, to wit,each is provided with anear which is adapted to lie between the two legs a, CI, of the rearsupport, thereby keeping them separated; and abolt passes throughsuitable holes in both of said supports and said ear, whereby said partsare securely fastened together.

From the construction above described, it is evident that by looseningthe nut of the bolt by which this connection is made, the seat may beturned upon this bolt as a pivot thereby changing the inclination of theseat; and when said seat is at the right inclination the nut may beagain screwed up, thereby firmly fastening the parts together.

In Fig. 4. I show, as above stated, a clamp adapted to secure the seatto the U-shaped spring D. This clamp E is provided with a slot 6 throughwhich the springD passes. The ear-e is vertically divided, and the bolt6 draws the two parts of said ear together thereby causing the clamp togrip the spring at thesame time and by the same means by which the seatis rigidly fixed to the clamp. The clamp G, which, when the U-shapedspring D is employed, serves to connect the lower arm of said spring tothe saddle post, is

likewise. provided with. a horizontal slot (1 through which the spring Dis adapted to pass; and the vertical ear 9 is split in substantially thesame manner and for the same purpose as the ear of the other clamp. Byscrewing up the nut on the bolt g this clamp firmly grasps the spring D.When this clamp is used to secure the seat directly to the saddle postthe spring D is removed, the ear g is placed between the two legs a a.of the rear seat support, and the bolt g passes through said legs andthe ear g thereby securing them together. I

The saddle as above described has little if any spring action exceptwhen the U-shaped spring is employed. \Vhen the U shaped spring isemployed, however, the entire saddle is sufficiently resilient to beadapted for use as a road saddle. \Vhen this spring is notin use, thesaddle is adapted to be used as a scorcher, so called.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bicycle saddle, in combination, the front seat support, the rearseat support consisting of a cantle and two substantially parallel legs,a clip secured to the front seat support and having an car which liesbetween the legs of the rear seat support and which is pivoted theretonear the front end thereof by a bolt, and a seat leather suspended fromsaid front and rear seat supports, substan- 2o ARTHUR L. GARFORD.

Witnesses:

E. L. THURSTON, M. S. INGI-IAM.

